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Tainted Food Imports: China, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and others.

Welcome to the new massive Globalization. In your own refrigerator and freezer, you will have grocery, produce and food items from more than a dozen countries around the world. Who is vouching for their safety? The Food and Drug Administration inspectors have stopped more tainted food items from other countries. The only difference is that they do not grab the headlines like the recent cases of Chinese food problems. There have been cases of Black pepper with salmonella from India, crabmeat from Mexico that is so filthy to eat and candy from Denmark that is mislabeled. The Food and Drug Administration officials are watching many other countries' imports closely. They have also stopped more food shipments from Mexico and India in the past year than they have from China. What is the statistics for countries such as the Dominican Republic? Produce from Dominican Republic was stopped 817 times last year, usually for having traces of illegal pesticides. Candy from Denmark was stopped a total of 520 times.

The major question is how often shipments of any products are impounded. All the countries of the world want to export coffee, cocoa, rice, basmati rice, cucumbers, coconuts, peas, beans, peaches, cantaloupes, watermelons, oranges, seafood to the U.S.

So far, officials have been saying that there is no evidence of a systematic problem for any particular product. Consumers need to remain aware of tainted foods that may slip through inspection. On many occasions, Japan has suspended the import of Harris Farms beef, for example. They have regulations that need to be followed. It is not only a U.S. phenomenon. Most governments around the world are careful about what is entering their countries.